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Kolkata is famous for its love of books. And its love for sweets. And Sandip Roy just went to Jugal's Literature Festival - the first ever literat...
- Added: Feb 14, 2023
- Length: 06:00
Literary festivals have returned to the ground in full form for the first time since the pandemic. Sandip Roy sends an audio postcard from a litfes...
- Added: Jan 30, 2023
- Length: 06:00
The French author Dominique LaPierre died recently and that made Sandip Roy think of the author's legacy on his hometown of Kolkata.
- Added: Jan 24, 2023
- Length: 06:00
The longest river cruise in the world is underway on it’s maiden voyage in India.
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- Added: Jan 17, 2023
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Unlike many of the people we lost in 2022 - Queen Elizabeth II, Lata Mangeshkar, Pele - Ahmed Ali Aslam might not have been a household name.
But...
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- Added: Jan 09, 2023
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It’s that time of the year again when dictionaries around the world try to sum up the year in a word or two.
- Added: Jan 03, 2023
- Length: 06:00
In Bethlehem there was no room at the inn for baby Jesus. But in India there’s always room at the Christmas party.
- Added: Dec 22, 2022
- Length: 06:00
From the World Cup to Pride Parades, Kolkata is a city that loves to turn everything into a festival.
- Added: Dec 20, 2022
- Length: 06:00
Returning for the first time since COVID, Sandip Roy finds a different San Francisco, one seemingly for lease.
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- Added: Dec 05, 2022
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India does not have a spot in World Cup football. But Kolkata, as usual, has two teams in the game.
- Added: Nov 29, 2022
- Length: 06:00
Why are there so many prequel spinoffs in the theaters and on streaming services right now?
Sure, capitalizing on a franchise is one reason, but p...
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- Added: Nov 15, 2022
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While Buddhism as a religion was founded in India, only 0.7% of Indians describe themselves as Buddhist.
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- Added: Nov 07, 2022
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Some in India are over the moon that Rishi Sunak has become the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- Added: Nov 01, 2022
- Length: 06:00
October marks the 60th anniversary of the Indo-China war fought in the upper reaches of the Himalaya in 1962. It's not a war that ended in glory fo...
- Added: Oct 24, 2022
- Length: 06:00
Diwali is not just the Indian festival of lights. It's also a festival of sweets!
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- Added: Oct 18, 2022
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The drums of Durga Puja, the biggest festival of the Kolkata calendar finally stopped beating last week.
But some are asking about such a big celeb...
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- Added: Oct 11, 2022
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These days, I can log on to my phone and pull up a file that’s stored thousands of miles away. It’s pretty awesome. But does access to all of this ...
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- Added: Oct 05, 2022
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Durga Puja is Kolkata's biggest festival. But this year its art is more in focus because it's just got the Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage tag.
- Added: Sep 29, 2022
- Length: 06:00
Watching The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II has been a surreal lesson in post colonial history.
- Added: Sep 21, 2022
- Length: 06:00
Kolkata was once the capital of British India. And it has a sentimental connection with royalty like the late Queen Elizabeth II. But the history o...
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- Added: Sep 13, 2022
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Netflix’s new series Uncovered might be referred to as the gay “Sex in the City,” but Sandip Roy finds a reason why everyone can relate to it.
- Added: Sep 06, 2022
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The Bay Area Indian American theatre group Naatak became famous as "techies doing theatre."
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- Added: Aug 30, 2022
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India celebrates 75 years of Independence from Britain in a new exhibit called March to Freedom.
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- Added: Aug 16, 2022
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A ban on single use plastic went into effect in India last month. But food and beverage companies like Coca Cola and Pepsico are saying they cannot...
- Added: Aug 08, 2022
- Length: 06:00
India refers to its original tribal inhabitants as “Adivasi’s.” Now one, Droupadi Murmu, has ascended to the office of President.
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- Added: Jul 26, 2022
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